Wardrobe-trunk.



No. 857,116. PATENTED JUNE 18, 1907, A. D. SEAMAN.

WARDROBE TRUNK.

APPLICATION FILED 0011. 1906.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFI ALONZO D. SEAlllAINl, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN,ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE BURROUGHS AND SONS, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, ACOPARTNER- SHIP.

WARDROBE-TRUNK.

Patented June 18, 1907.

Application filed October 1, 1906. Serial No. 336,847.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALoNzo D. SEAMAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Milwaukee, in the county of hlilwaukee and State ofl/Visconsin, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWardrobe Trunks, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawing, forming a part thereof.

This invention relates more particularly to the means for hangingclothing in trunks of this kind. Its main objects are to avoid slidingsupports for the hangers which with the hard usage to which trunks aresubjected are apt to bind and work hard or to become detached or loose;to secure strength and lightness in the construction of the hangingdevices, and generally to simplify and improve the construction and toincrease the convenience of devices of this class.

It consists in certain novel features of construction and in thepeculiar arrangement and combination of parts as hereinafterparticularly described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawing like characters designate the same parts inboth figures.

Figure 1 is a front view showing a trunk embodying the present inventionopen and set on end in position for use as a wardrobe or dresser, thehanger-supporting rod being shown in cross section on the line 1 1, Fig.2, and Fig.2 is a section on the lines 2, 2, Fig. 1 of the trunk whenclosed.

a designates the body or hanging compartment of the trunk, and. b thelid or cover section which is hinged thereto in the usual manner and maybe provided with drawers or compartments, as shown, for packing smallerarticles.

A hanger-supporting rod 0, which may be conveniently made from roundsteel or other metal, is formed at one end with a flattened transversefoot (Z which is perforated and bolted or riveted as shown in Fig. 2, tothe back of the trunk body or hanging compartmerit a adjacent to the topor one end thereof. To stiffen the back or bottom of the body orcompartment (1 which 1s usually made of thin wood or other lightmaterial, a sheet metal plate (2 is interposed, as shown, between thefoot and back and 1s nail ed or otherwise securely fastened to the back.The rod 0 1S looped or bent back substantially parallel with itself, asshown in Fig. 2, and its other end is flattened and bolted or riveted tothe top or adjacent end of the compartment a. The looped or bent portionof the rod extends outwardly beyond the front or open side of thecompartment (1, and the lid or cover 3) is formed with an open space orcompartment f into which it extends when the trunk is closed, as shownin Fig. '2. The looped or bent metal rod 0 formed. as shown andpermanently attached at both ends to the back and top respectively ofthe hanging compartment, makes a strong, firm support for clothinghangers which will not work loose and become detached and which. is notliable to be bcnt'so as to interfere with placing and sliding thehangers thereon and removing them therefrom. It avoids in theconstruction of the hanger-support all sliding and pivot joints which,with the hard usage to which trunks are ordinarily subjected, are apt toget out of order, bind and work hard.

9 9 are hangers loosely hooked over the rod 0 and specially designed andadapted for suspending therefrom various articlcs of clothing so as .tohold the same securely in place when the trunk is packed and closed, andto afford easy access to and removal of any article without disturbingothers when the trunk is stood on end and opened.

To securely hold clothing placed on the hangers gin place when the trunkis closed, a follower or light open clamping frame n, such as is usuallyused in this class of trunks, is loosely and removably hung on the rod0, and straps o-provided with buckles are attached to opposite sides ofthe compartment 0 for adjustably binding said follower framc snuglyagainst the clothing contained in said compartment.

I claim:

1. In a wardrobe trunk the combination with a hanging compartment, of ametal hanger-supporting rod attached at one end to the back of saidcompartn'lent, extending outwardly therefrom beyond the o )011 front ofthe compartment and bent bac and attached at its other end to the top ofthe compartment, substantially as described.

2. In a wardrobe trunk the combination with a hanging compartment, of ametal hangensupporting rod having a laterally bent foot at one end whichis attached to the with a hanging compartment, of a looped back of thecompartment, said rod extending outwardly beyond the front of thecompartment and looped backward, its other end being attached to the topof the compartment, substantially as described.

3. In a Wardrobe trunk the combination compartment, and a hinged coversection having a compartment into which the 100 ed part of said rodextends when the trun is closed, substantially as described.

In Witness whereof I hereto affix my signature in presence of twoWitnesses.

ALONZO D. SEAMAN.

metal hanger-supporting rod attached at one end to the backand at theother end to the top of said compartment, the looped part of the rodprojecting beyond the front of the Witnesses:

CHAS. L. Goss, JAMES L. SEAMAN.

